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Dance Figure, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, pigment, shell, string
65 cm (25 9/16 in.)

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "Collected by Casimir Hagen; Rautenstrauch-Jest-Museum fur Volkerkunde, Cologne (39747)." (Catalog #108, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 99.) PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "This long slim figure has a boar's head below. These figures were attached to a framework and worn on a dancer's back in initiation ceremonies. A fine example from the Stéphen Chauvet Collection, Paris, is published in Newton, 1967, fig. 43." (Catalog #108, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 99.)

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